Lance Archer

[Grimmas]

From El McKell:

He's better at presenting himself as a monster than really any other big man going today. He made his AEW dark squashes entertaining, he's good at making his opponents look good, and it's funny as hell that way back in 2005 he was super over in the Impact Zone because he went out drinking with the fans.

vs AJ Styles 2014/08/03
vs Will Ospreay 2019/07/06
vs Adam Page 2022/02/10
vs Warlow 2022/04/27

[Ma Stump Puller]

Definitely a late-bloomer for me, a lot of his early/middle work wasn't very interesting and I don't think his Killer Elite run with Davey has aged particularly well (especially when you have similar teams like Bad Intentions that just mogged them quality-wise)

He's a good base, for sure. His monster-heel shtick is entertaining enough (even if he loses pretty much every major match, making it hard to really believe him as such) but he just doesn't have the range or actual solid quality runs for me to consider him whatsoever. 

[Mantaur Rodeo Clown]

On 3/9/2024 at 7:08 AM, Ma Stump Puller said:

Definitely a late-bloomer for me, a lot of his early/middle work wasn't very interesting and I don't think his Killer Elite run with Davey has aged particularly well (especially when you have similar teams like Bad Intentions that just mogged them quality-wise)

Yeah, almost a prototypical late bloomer. Who would have thought the fake guitar hero guy tramp stamp guy would go to Japan and have wrestle in a G1?

The only issue is that once you finally figure it out as a late bloomer, you're getting too old to get seriously pushed anywhere, and you're always injured. Unfortunately getting paired with Jake just didn't help him, and he's resigned to being a midcard tag guy now. 

Would be interested in seeing his absolute best 3 matches or so. He had a tremendous death match with Page, but I put a lot more of that on Page's shoulders. I figure he might have scratched up a good match or two in NJPW/NOAH after becoming the Murderhawk.